stopping to smell the roses

Some days, my work takes me on a walk past the rose gardens at the state capitol. Sometimes I’m walking briskly since I left a minute too late for my meeting/appointment, and other times I get to take my time and find a few blooms to sniff.

Today, I spent about five extra minutes meandering the garden pathways and iphone-ing a couple of delicate specimens. And boy did I smell them!

So amidst the smokey haze of today… I took a “nap” from reality… AND I got a pretty picture. Not bad!